Salesman&#39;s sample-displaying device.



No. 891,125. PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908.

B. WOLFSON. SALESMANS SAMPLE DISPLAYING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 26,1907.

Witnesses v I f' v g I I 9 aux/Z c/wwwfia' BARNARD WOLFSON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SALESMANS SAMPLE-DISPLAYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1908.

Application filed July 26, 1907. Serial No. 385,782.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .B'A'RNARD Worrsou, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State v of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Salesmens Sample-Displaymg Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a sample display- I ing device intended for use by salesmen whereby oods intended to be used in the making 0 garments can be conveniently and.

advantageously displayed to customers and to represent the goods in the form of a garment.

The invention has for one of its objects to provide a device of the character referred to of comparativel simple and inexpensive construction an desi had to enable a large number of samples "to e compactly arranged for convenience in traveling and for facilitating the display of the goods.

A still further object'is the revision of a sample displa ing device of book form in which one of t e covers of the book has a pattern cut out therein so as to represent a garment, the samples being arranged in the form of a pad bound at the outer end of one of the covers so that the samples can be turned back to permit the pattern-carrying cover to be folded down against any sample to'be ex hibited. 7

With. these objects in view and others, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of arts which will be more fully described heremafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.- I

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one of the embodiments of the invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of the device showing the latter closed to exhibit one of the samples. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the devlce open. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail view showing some of the samples folded back.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the "back cover and B, the front cover of the device, and in the latter iscut a pattern designated by C. In the present instance, the pattern represents a pair of trousers, but it 1s to be understood that any other garment may be similarly represented. The material of which the coverB is'm'ade is cut out alo the outline of a pair of trousers and interme iate portions 1 and 2 are permitted to remain to indicate the side and waist seams of the trousers, and on the said strips 1 and 2 are portions 3 representing pockets. The cover sections A and B' are bound together in any suitable manner, as for instance, by a flexible 5 strip 4 pasted or otherwise secured to the said sections for permitting the latter to be opened or closed after the fashion of a book. Applied to the cover section A are the samp es D in the form of sheets of cloth intended to be used in making trousers or suits. These pieces are bound along their outer edges to the section A in any suitable manner, as for instance, by staples or fasteners 5. This permits the samples to be folded outwardly so that any sample can be readily displayed through the pattern C. The section B may be narrower than the section A, as indicated in Fig. 3, so-that it can be laid flat against the lowermost samples, as indicated at a, Without the other'samples b that are folded back, interfering. In other words, when the samples are folded back, the fold at 0 lies beyond the free edge of the cover section B. With the sample book of the character referred to, a large variety of goods can be easily and conveniently displayed, and the samples take up very little s ace, so that a salesman can carry about a ful stock of goods without entailing the usual expense and trouble, according to present methods.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of the method of o eration will be readily apparent to those skil 'ed in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention,

together with the device which I now consider to. be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired, as are within the scope of the claims.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim is 1. A salesmans sample book comprising a pair of hingedly connected covers, thefront cover of which having its free edge disposed inwardly from the free edge of the back cover, a pattern in the front cover represent ing a garment, a plurality of samples adapted to beexposed separately through the atsecuring the samples along the outer edgeof tern, and means for securing the edges 0 the samples to the back cover in a line disposed between the free edges of both covers.

5 2. -A salesmans sample exhibiting device comprising a book provided with hingedly connected covers, a pattern cut out in one of the covers to represent a garment and to reveal the samples therethrough, a plurality 10 of samples in the form of sheets coextensive with the pattern, and fastening devices for the opposite cover from that having the pattern, the pattern-carrying cover being narrower than the other cover. 15 In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MABEL YATER, HARRY M. LEVY. 

